Suspenders



(No Model.)

I. WIELAND.

SUSPENDERS.

Patented Apr. 17, 1894.

WITNESSES:

ATTO EYS.

NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

FRIEDRICH WIELAND, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,383, dated April 17, 1894. Application filed November 25, 1893. Serial No. 492,099. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH WIELAND, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improve.- ments in suspenders, and its object is to provlde comparatively simple, durable, and cheap suspenders, whereby a high degree of elasticity is imparted to the ends of the same so that the wearer will have greater comfort in the use of the suspenders.

Theinven-tion consists of apair of suspenders which are provided at the rear end with a casing in which are located spring-actuated drums, arranged side by side so as to have the same center of rotation and to which the suspender-ends are attached.

My invention also consists of other features of construction and combinations of, parts to be hereinafter described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aperspectivc view of my improved suspenders, showing them in using position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear end of the suspenders, drawn on a larger scale. Fig. 3 1s a rear view, showing the casing in section and one of the drums removed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section on line 4-4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a broken detail view on line 6-6, Fig. 2.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a pair of suspenders of any approved construction, and B a casing suspended by its eye I) from the tab a of the suspenders. The casing is open at each side and receives a pair of drums C, O, which are located side by side so as to be capable of revolution on an axial pin D secured to the sides of the casing, preferably by riveting it thereto. These drums are hollow and their adjacent sides are open so asto permit them to fit over and inclose a coiled steel spring E. The drum 0 has an elongated tubular member G projecting toward the drum 0 and turning on the pin D,

while the drum 0 has an elongated tubular member G projecting toward the drum 0' but enlarged so as to receive and turn upon the member G. In order that the coiled spring may have the desired spring-action on the drums O, 0', its inner end is securedat g to the tubular member G and its outer end is secured at g to the inner side of the peripheral rim of the'drum O. The respective suspender-ends H, H, are coiled once around the grooved peripheriesof the drums, they being secured thereto at h, h, and as they extend respectively through the opposite open sides of the casing, a downward pull exerted on either overcomes the action of the coiled spring so that the said ends follow every movement of the body. As a coiled spring always tends to restore itself to its normal shape or position, a single one is utilized by attaching the drums to the respective ends thereof so that they may have a spring-action in opposite directions.

In order .to provide means for limiting the movement of the suspender-ends H, H, each side-wall of the casing is provided with an annular groove 11 concentric with the axis D and in which is located a stop is adapted to be engaged by a lug k on each drum. The lug it travels in said groove as a drum is retated by its attached Suspender-end and limits the movement of the latter when said lug im- 'pinges against stop 70. By mounting the drums within the same casing and on the same pin the size of the device is reduced to the smallest possible compass, for one possessing the advantages enumerated. If desired, the front ends of the suspenders can also be provided with the described attachment, to impart a spring-action to the same, although in most cases the yielding rear ends are sufficient.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Patenthaving an inwardly projecting hub turning on my invention I have signed my name in pressaid pin, and the other drum having a tubuonce of two witnesses. lar portion turning on said hub, an actuating spring forsaid drums, and suspender ends FRIEDRICH WIELAND' 5 independently attached to the respective Witnesses:

drums, substantially as described. PAUL GoEPEL,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as GEO. L. WHEELooK. 

